Hecht is the longest-tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. He won six reelections and led the court as chief justice for more than a decade.

Nathan Hecht's election to the Texas Supreme Court in 1988 foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court, civil legal procedure and Texas itself ...

Nathan Hecht, the senior justice at the time, would soon replace him. “I leave you in good hands. Unlike the rest of us, Nathan will be here forever,” Jefferson told a full courtroom that ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht has been named the 2025 Texan of the Year by the Texas Legislative Conference, the renowned annual ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht listens as the Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Senate Bill 14, a prohibition on gender affirming care for transgender minors, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 ...

There’s some irony in Nathan Hecht’s distinction as the longest tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. If it were up to him, voters would never have had the chance to re-elect him six ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, the 27th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, will retire from the court on Dec. 31, the court announced. He is the longest-serving member of the court in Texas ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a transformation of the court ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court, civil ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a coming transformation of the court ...